Healing from Trauma & Abuse

It happens in every kind of family, no matter what we’d like to believe. Girls and boys are sexually abused by adults in their households. Women and men are battered by their spouses. Even if our homes are loving and safe, many of us have experienced violence and trauma in settings too numerous to list. To begin to heal, itcan help for people to tell their stories—if the rest of us can listen without looking away.

A ritual for survivors of abuse modeled loosely on the Jewish wedding, with the union here being between the woman and herself. This ritual is divided into two sections, one to done at home, alone, and one to be performed in the presence of friends and family. [more]